scholarly journals Study the antibiotics sensitivity and beta- lactamase productivity of some Staphylococcus spp. Isolates from different sources of the Al Jamhoree Teaching Hospital in Mosul City

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Ayman Mohammed Khaleel1 ◽  
Adeeba Younis Shareef ◽  
, Shakeeba Younis Shareef

The study includes the isolation of certain types of Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus spp..The sample materials (blood, wounds, burns) were collected from both genders of all age groups of inpatients in Al Jamhoree Teaching Hospital in the Mosul during June till end of November 2018. Staphylococcus aureus was the most common among the isolates with 7 isolates(38.9%) followed by Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus scriuri Staphylococcus lentus (Staphylococcus simulans) with 2 isolates each with 11.1% followed by Staphylococcus chromogenase, Staphylococcu scapilis and  Staphylococcus xylosus with one isolate for each one 5.5%. The number of isolates was 9 isolates and 50%, followed by wound samples. The isolates were 6 isolated by 33% and the samples of burns were 3 isolates. 17% were isolated and Staphylococcus aureus was the most dominant species. The sensitivity of bacterial isolates was  studied for 15 antibiotics for different antibiotic groups. The results showed that a difference in the resistance ratio of the isolates to these antagonists, as they were resistant to the Ceftrixone, Cloxacillin 100%. The Ciprofloxacillin, Gentamycin, Pipracillin, and Amikacin resistance were  reduced. The Ciprofloxacillin antagonist was the most affected on the bacterial isolates studied, followed by the Rifampin. The results showed that the beta-lactamase enzyme was not produced by any of the Iodic methods by 4 bacterial strains, while the rest of the species varied in the susceptibility of production to the enzyme. The Iodine tube is one of the best methods to detect the production of these enzymes. The susceptibility of bacterial species to the production of large-spectrum beta-lactase enzymes was also tested using the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCL) and the double-disc method. Staphylococcus lentus, Staphylococcus capilis, Staphylococcus chromanogenes The first NCCL has shown a single isolation of Staphylococcus capilis ability to produce it.   http://dx.doi.org/10.25130/tjps.24.2019.125

2014 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
A. Man ◽  
P.E. Muntean ◽  
Anca Mare

Abstract Aim: To present the etiology of bacteremic syndromes and antibiotic susceptibility of blood culture isolates from a Romanian county hospital, as well as their distribution within different wards. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the blood culture data collected from patients hospitalized in the County Emergency Clinical Hospital of Tirgu Mures over a period of two years. We followed aspects regarding the identified bacterial species, their distribution by sex, age groups and wards, the spectrum of resistance to antibiotics and main resistance phenotypes. Results: Most positive samples came from ICU, nephrology and urology. The most isolated bacteria were coagulase-negative staphylococci, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus. All isolates showed a high resistance to most classes of antibiotics, staphylococci being susceptible to glycopeptides, oxazolidinones and glycylcyclines, and the enterobacteria to aminoglycosides and carbapenems. The resistance in non-fermentative bacilli exceeded 80% to most classes of antibiotics. The methicillin-resistance was 36% for coagulase-negative staphylococci and 82% for Staphylococcus aureus; the percentage of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing strains was 30%. Conclusions: The etiology of bacteremic syndromes is specific to the ward profile, the Staphylococcus spp. being primarily isolated from wards where invasive procedures are frequently performed, while the enterobacteria from urology and nephrology wards. The level of antibiotic resistance is higher in surgery and ICU wards, with also higher percentage of resistance phenotypes than in medical wards.


1995 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 501-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lori L Schoonover ◽  
Donna J Occhipinti ◽  
Keith A Rodvold ◽  
Larry H Danziger

Objective: To discuss the antimicrobial activity, pharmacokinetics, clinical efficacy, and adverse effect profile of piperacillin/tazobactam, a new beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combination. Data Sources: Literature was identified by MEDLINE search of the medical literature, review of selected references, and data provided by the manufacturer. Study Selection: In vitro susceptibility data were surveyed from studies following the methods of the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. Data evaluating clinical efficacy were selected from all published trials and abstracts. Additional information concerning safety, chemistry, and pharmacokinetics was reviewed. Data Synthesis: The antimicrobial activity of piperacillin is enhanced by addition of tazobactam against gram-positive, gram-negative, and anaerobic bacteria. Tazobactam is active against a broad spectrum of plasmid and chromosomally mediated enzymes and has minimal ability to induce class I chromosomally mediated beta-lactamase enzymes. Piperacillin/tazobactam's expanded activity appears encouraging in the treatment of mixed aerobic and anaerobic infections. Direct comparisons of ticarcillin/clavulanate and piperacillin/tazobactam for the treatment of lower respiratory tract infections showed piperacillin/tazobactam to be clinically superior, and in the treatment of skin and soft tissue infections the 2 agents were comparable. For the treatment of intraabdominal infections, piperacillin/tazobactam was at least as effective as imipenem/cilastatin and clindamycin plus gentamicin. Conclusions: The combination of tazobactam with piperacillin results in an antimicrobial agent with enhanced activity against most beta-lactamase–producing organisms. Preliminary data indicate that piperacillin/tazobactam has proven clinical efficacy in the treatment of a variety of infections, especially polymicrobic infections.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aparecida Selsiane Sousa Carvalho ◽  
Josilene Lima Serra ◽  
Lucélia da Cunha Rodrigues ◽  
Luciano de Souza Rodrigues Junior ◽  
Adenilde Nascimento Mouchrek ◽  
...  

Resumo O leite possui extremo valor na dieta humana e constitui um excelente substrato para o crescimento de grande diversidade de microrganismos, dentre eles o Staphylococcus aureus, frequentemente encontrado no leite cru, e que se destaca como um dos microrganismos mais prevalentes em casos de mastite bovina no mundo. Objetivou-se avaliar a sensibilidade de cepas de S. aureus isoladas de leite cru à antimicrobianos comerciais. Para isso, selecionaram-se antibióticos com base em pesquisas junto a estabelecimentos comerciais de medicamentos veterinários no município de Zé Doca, Estado do Maranhão, Brasil. Esses antibióticos foram identificados por associação à base de penicilina, estreptomicina, isoniazida e prednisolona (BPC), oxitetraciclina base (TOR), associação à base de penicilina e estreptomicina (MPP) e cloridrato de tetraciclina (TCA). Posteriormente, realizou-se contagem de Staphylococcus spp., com isolamento e identificação bioquímica das cepas de S. aureus as quais, em seguida, foram submetidas à antibiogramas com identificação de ce,pas produtoras de beta-lactamase. Os resultados demonstraram contaminação em todas as amostras por Staphylococcus spp., com contagens de 1,9 x 103 a 5,24 x 106 UFC/mL. Dentre os antibióticos testados, o TOR apresentou maior eficiência na eliminação ou redução de todas as cepas de S. aureus. Verificou-se que 50% das cepas de S. aureus isoladas produziram enzima beta-lactamase. Torna-se necessário a criação de medidas de combate ao surgimento de novas cepas bacterianas e atuação das autoridades públicas, fiscalizando a comercialização de medicamentos veterinários.


Author(s):  
Paulo Roberto Blanco Moreira Norberg ◽  
Maria Laura Meister Villalba ◽  
Larissa Duarte Ortellado ◽  
Marcelo Coronel ◽  
Paulo César Ribeiro ◽  
...  

Background: Staphylococcus aureus are Gram positive cocci components of the normal microbiota of the skin and mucosa, but can attack other sites of the organism depending on favourable conditions. The condition of host of this bacterium colonizing the nasal mucosa is recognized as a potential risk factor for subsequent invasive infections. This research had the objective to investigate the prevalence of nasal carriers of S. aureus among Toba Qom indigenous ethnic group of the San Francisco de Asis community, Paraguay, and to determine the sensitivity profile to antimicrobial agents.Methods: 141 samples of the nasal cavities were analyzed. Isolation and identification were performed by conventional microbiological methods, by the staining characteristics of the Gram method, catalase and coagulase tests, mannitol fermentation test and deoxyribonuclease test. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed by the agar diffusion technique according to a procedure standardized by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards.Results: 22 of the 141 individual examined samples were colonized by Staphylococcus aureus, which corresponds to a prevalence of 15.6%.Conclusions: Multidrug-resistant strains were not isolated. All samples presented good sensitivity to most antibiotics except for nalidixic acid, which all samples presented resistance. 


2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatimah A. Nashawi ◽  
Hani Y. Abdullah ◽  
Nahlaa A. Khalifa ◽  
Ibrahim A. Alzahrani ◽  
Ahmed A. Al-Ghamdi

To evaluate the antibacterial eff ects of three types of Saudi honey (Feghra, Sider and Natural honey) alone and mixed with ginger or lemon in comparison to Manuka honey as a potential natural antibacterial agent. Saudi honeys were evaluated against five types of bacterial strains; Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Chocolate agars were prepared first with different concentrations of each type of honey, and then with specific concentrations either of ginger or lemon added to honey. Bacterial species were inoculated on each agar and incubated at 37oC in a CO2 incubator overnight. Significant differences were found between diff erent types of honey and different concentrations of the same honey on bacterial growth. There are no significant differences and synergistic effects when adding ginger to diff erent honey types. Addition of lemon show significant differences and good synergistic effects against all tested bacterial species except Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus at 15 and 20% honey concentration. In conclusion, antibacterial effects of different types of honey are type and concentration dependent. Adding lemon to the different types of honey changes the pH and acidity and increases the honey’s antibacterial effect.


Author(s):  
Sameha A. Al-Eryani ◽  
Essam Yahya A Alshamahi ◽  
Hassan A. Al-Shamahy ◽  
Ghada Hussein A Alfalahi ◽  
Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Rafiq

Background: Bacterial conjunctivitis is often observed in newborns as well as in other age groups. It has been associated with several organisms that differed in their relative importance and varied in their response to ophthalmic antibiotics. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate bacterial conjunctivitis of adult patients by determine the specific bacterial causes and determine the  ophthalmic antibiotic resistance patterns for the bacterial isolates from conjunctivitis patients in Sana’a city, Yemen.  Methods: Total 521 bacterial swabs obtained from adult patients with suspected bacterial conjunctivitis introducing to the ophthalmology clinics in the tertiary hospitals in Sana’a city, Yemen between September 2016 and October 2017 were investigated for bacteriological agents and antibiotic susceptibility . The clinical samples culturing, and microbiology diagnosis were done at National Center of Public Health laboratories Sana’a (NCPHL).  Result: Total 521 swab results from conjunctiva were performed, of which 206 (39.5%) were deemed positive for bacterial culture. The isolation rate by bacteria species ranged from 0.5% to 28.2%. In Staphylococcus aureus isolates, ophthalmic antibiotic resistance varied from 10.5% for polymyxin B to 66.7% for erythromycin. In Branhamella catarrahalis isolates, ophthalmic antibiotic resistance ranged from 3.4% for levofloxacin to 69% for erythromycin. In Haemophilus influenzae isolates, ophthalmic antibiotic resistance varied from 0.0% for ciprofloxacin and polymyxin B to 42.1% for erythromycin and azithromycin. Conclusion: The most common causative organisms in adult age groups were Branhamella catarrahalis and Staphylococcus aureus. Obviously, there is no single drug that treats these various types of bacteria. Therefore, bacteriological culture and sensitivity in the laboratory to ophthalmic antibiotics should be performed as much as possible. But if laboratory facilities are not available, some generalizations can be made as guidelines for treating conjunctivitis.                     Peer Review History: Received 6 January 2021; Revised 15 February; Accepted 4 March, Available online 15 March 2021 UJPR follows the most transparent and toughest ‘Advanced OPEN peer review’ system. The identity of the authors and, reviewers will be known to each other. This transparent process will help to eradicate any possible malicious/purposeful interference by any person (publishing staff, reviewer, editor, author, etc) during peer review. As a result of this unique system, all reviewers will get their due recognition and respect, once their names are published in the papers. We expect that, by publishing peer review reports with published papers, will be helpful to many authors for drafting their article according to the specifications. Auhors will remove any error of their article and they will improve their article(s) according to the previous reports displayed with published article(s). The main purpose of it is ‘to improve the quality of a candidate manuscript’. Our reviewers check the ‘strength and weakness of a manuscript honestly’. There will increase in the perfection, and transparency.  Received file:                Reviewer's Comments: Average Peer review marks at initial stage: 6.0/10 Average Peer review marks at publication stage: 7.5/10 Reviewer(s) detail: Dr. Bilge Ahsen KARA, Ankara Gazi Mustafa Kemal Hospital, Turkey, [email protected] Dr. Gulam Mohammed Husain, National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders, Hyderabad, India, [email protected] Dr. Mujde Eryilmaz, Ankara University,Turkey, [email protected]   Similar Articles: BACTERIAL CAUSES AND ANTIMICROBIAL SENSITIVITY PATTERN OF EXTERNAL OCULAR INFECTIONS IN SELECTED OPHTHALMOLOGY CLINICS IN SANA’A CITY


Author(s):  
Helen Oroboghae Ogefere ◽  
Samuel E. Iriah ◽  
Ephraim Ehidiamen Ibadin

Background<br />Multi-drug resistant bacterial strains have been increasingly implicated in clinical infections worldwide and beta-lactamase production is one of the commonest mechanisms of resistance in these strains. This study investigated the prevalence of extended spectrum â-lactamase (ESBL)-producing isolates and determined the temoneira (TEM) and sulfhydryl variable (SHV) types implicated in two military hospitals in South-South Nigeria. <br /><br />Methods<br />Three-hundred and eighty (380) consecutive non-duplicate bacterial isolates (Gram negative bacilli) recovered from clinical samples were identified following standard techniques. Antimicrobial susceptibility tests were performed for each isolate following the Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines. Bacterial isolates recovered which comprised Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp, Proteus spp and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were screened for ESBL using a phenotypic method (double disc synergy test). All positive isolates were screened for TEM and SHV genes by PCR method. <br /><br />Results<br />Sixty-five isolates (17.1%) were ESBL producing using phenotypic method, E. coli showed the highest ESBL prevalence (24.3%). One isolate was SHV positive (1.5%), 8 (12.3%) were TEM positive while 3 (4.6%) isolates harbored both SHV and TEM genes. Fluoroquinolone - ofloxacin showed marked activity against ESBL-producing isolates (90.8%) while the least active were ceftriaxone (9.2%), ceftazidime (3.1%) and ampicillin (1.5%). <br /><br />Conclusion<br />This study demonstrated that 17.1% of Gram-negative bacilli were ESBL producers. Screening of clinical isolates for ESBL should be implemented. The findings of this study suggest the need for caution in the use of antimicrobial agents in order to curb the incidence of antimicrobial resistance.


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-153
Author(s):  
Zainab S. Na'inna

Contamination of currency notes by pathogenic microorganism is a public health concern. An improved understanding of the bacteriological quality of currencies would help us better understand the role of money as a medium of transmitting infections. This study investigates the bacteriological quality of Nigerian currencies circulating in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in Kano metropolis. A total of 128 Naira note samples containing 16 pieces of each denomination of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 were aseptically collected from different cash units of the hospital and subjected to standard microbiological methods for the enumeration and isolation of bacteria. The susceptibility of the bacterial isolates to antibiotics was investigated using disk diffusion method. The mean aerobic mesophilic bacterial count of the currency notes range between 3.10 x104 cfu/mlto 5.25 x104 cfu/ml. Different bacterial species were isolated which include E. coli, Klebsiella spp, Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase negative Staphylococci, with S. aureus having the highest frequency of occurrence of 37 (46.2 %). Findings of antibacterial susceptibility test indicated that100% of the isolated Gram negative bacteria were susceptible to Meropenem, followed by susceptibility to Gentamycin and Ciprofloxacin. However, the isolates were found to be highly resistant to Augmentin (55%) and Cefuroxime (32%). On other hand, the Gram positive bacterial isolates were highly susceptible to Erythromycin (84%), Gentamycin(83%), Clindamycin (79%),and Oxicillin (78%) while few of the isolate showed resistance to Penicillin(24%), Oxacillin (22%), and Clindamycin, (16%). The study reveals that currency notes in circulation at AKTH may serve as vehicles for the spread of disease causing organisms. Cashless transactions and use of hand sanitizers is therefore recommended to reduce the risk of infection. Key words: Naira notes, Contamination, Hospital environment


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